Fried Curry Mee Breakfast @ Ah Choi in Hua Hee Coffeeshop in Lundu Sarawak 阿财干捞面 • 歡喜咖啡店

Today's main event was to look for Rafflesia (largest flower in the world) at Gunung Gading National Park. But, first business of the day was to get a hearty breakfast and good shot of caffeine 😁

The natural choice was the little town of Lundu at the foot of Gunung Gading, 2km by road from the National Park.

Our Sarawak expert buddy KIT brought us to Hua Hee Kopitiam. It's one of the few places locals hang out at in this sleepy little town.

Besides drinks, Hua Hee only has a noodle stall known as Ah Choi Kolo Mee.

Ah Choi's kolo mee looked well greased with lard, which means it is likely to be excellent 🤭

But, KIT was priming us for fried curry noodles. Oh man... It brought back memories and I was full of anticipation.

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You know, in USA, Canada, Australia, you can go to some small faraway town (yeah, like Lundu) and you will find tiny Chinese mom and pop type eateries. And, they will often have Singapore fried noodle 星洲炒米 on the menu.

But, you will not find such a dish in Singapore 🤔

Not that I like the dish a lot, but it does bring back memories of those years abroad and so I do miss it.

The plate of ingredients before Ah Choi put it through his wok.

Kolo mee type of noodles, lard, sio bak, char siew, curry powder, egg, bean sprout, fish ball and chili pepper. (In the West, they use rice vermicelli / bee hoon.)

Ah Choi whipping up the noodles 😁💪

Lai liao lai liao. Pung pung 香香 (aromatic).

Not quite 星洲炒米 but it's nice.

The kolo mee noodles were tender spongy, coated with grease (lard) and curry spices (mainly turmeric). The roast pork belly, char siew, and egg added their flavours to the heap of noodles.

Besides fried curry noodles and kolo mee, Ah Choi also has other Sarawak staples such as mee soup, and tomato mee.